tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78863386859159078412017-09-25T01:36:04.515-07:00wealth management services in VietnamCuồng Phongnoreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-20961043883732623102017-09-25T01:36:00.000-07:002017-09-25T01:36:04.545-07:00Australia Terminated Investigation, Not Imposing Anti-Subsidy Tax on Galvanized Steel and Pressed Aluminum from Vietnam<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">According to Department of Trade Remedies (Ministry of Industry and Trade), 2 Vietnamese products exported to Australia which are pressed aluminum and galvanized steel have been terminated investigation and will not subject to anti-subsidy tax by the Australian anti-dumping commission (ADC).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3cEcZymfKI/Wci_7ZtHluI/AAAAAAAAJWE/pQwG62p2YsUkIXU9xjNHzgpFo5HclP7YwCLcBGAs/s1600/Tax%2Bon%2BGalvanized%2BSteel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="781" height="408" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3cEcZymfKI/Wci_7ZtHluI/AAAAAAAAJWE/pQwG62p2YsUkIXU9xjNHzgpFo5HclP7YwCLcBGAs/s640/Tax%2Bon%2BGalvanized%2BSteel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><u1:p></u1:p><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">In August and October 2016, ADC initiated 2 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations on pressed aluminum and galvanized steel imported from Vietnam.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">Following the investigation, in June and August 2017, ADC published the final reports of two cases in which ADC decided to terminate the investigation and not apply anti-subsidy tax on goods from Vietnam in both cases.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">Specifically, in the case of pressed aluminum, Vietnam is accused of subsidizing businesses in 03 programs related to tax incentives.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">After the investigation, ADC determined that: 01 of the 03 Vietnamese companies agreeing to cooperate with ADC did not receive any incentives from the above programs. The remaining 02 enterprises and other producers/exporters received subsidies but the margin of subsidies is negligible.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">Therefore, ADC decided to terminate the investigation for Vietnam.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">In the case of galvanized steel, Vietnam is alleged to subsidize businesses in 19 programs involving tax incentives, investment incentives, support programs and trade promotion programs.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">After the investigation, ADC determined that: Vietnamese companies agreeing to cooperate with ADC only receive benefits from 03 of the 19 programs mentioned above, and the amount of these subsidies is negligible; the level of subsidy offered to other producers/exporters is also negligible. Therefore, ADC decided to terminate the investigation for Vietnam.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">In terms of the anti-dumping investigations, in the galvanized steel case, the plaintiff alleged that the “special market conditions” is exsisted in the plated steel sector of Vietnam. The plaintiffs argue that Vietnam has to import most of its raw materials to produce galvanized steel, which is hot rolled coil (HRC). At the same time, the price of HRC in the exporting country, due to the subsidy, has been distorted (lower than it should have been).<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">Vietnam imports mainly this material, so&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/update/anti-dumping-tariff-may-officially-be-imposed-on-galvanized-steel.html" target="_blank">galvanized steelprices in Vietnam</a>&nbsp;are also deviated as a result, and this should be considered as a “special market condition” in Vietnam. However, after the investigation, Australia concluded that there was no special market condition in the plated steel industry of Vietnam.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the ADC’s conclusion to terminate the investigation, not apply anti-subsidy measures in two cases and the ADC concluded that no special market situation exists for the market of plated steel in Vietnam is positive and successful results for the Government and enterprises of Vietnam.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">This final outcome is a positive precedent for future cases, as it is the first time Australia investigated anti-subsidy and “special market conditions” on Vietnam.<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?<u2:p></u2:p></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">To learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank">IP lawyers&nbsp;inVietnam</a>&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><span style="color: #c42929;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71<u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-2509780017292982042017-09-21T21:00:00.002-07:002017-09-21T21:00:16.474-07:00What is a typical strategy for filing software patent applications worldwide? <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you want to patent your software worldwide, you have a lot of filing ahead of you. Generally speaking, the filing needs to be done in a relatively timely manner too, so missing deadlines happens routinely. I would suggest consulting with an&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">intellectual property (IP) attorney</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;who can help you meet all of the necessary requirements because they can be tricky.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ti2BvlGe_Sc/WcSKyu5dEcI/AAAAAAAAJQk/hdcy-oH3Pm0OyMrPtJj3HEjTA9bE2E8ZQCLcBGAs/s1600/filing%2Bsoftware%2Bpatent%2Bapplications%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ti2BvlGe_Sc/WcSKyu5dEcI/AAAAAAAAJQk/hdcy-oH3Pm0OyMrPtJj3HEjTA9bE2E8ZQCLcBGAs/s320/filing%2Bsoftware%2Bpatent%2Bapplications%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Filing with&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/intellectual-property/patent-registration-under-pct-procedure.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">the patent cooperation treaty (PCT)</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;really will only give you an opinion as to whether your software can be patented in the countries that signed the treaty. This can be helpful because searching all of the countries on your own would be troublesome. However, after the search, you will still be without a patent.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">So, if you file with the PCT for an opinion first, you will still be left with all of the actual patent filing to do. You will then need to file for any foreign patents that you wish to obtain. Each patent will have separate requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Again, my suggested strategy would be to consult with an attorney. An experienced&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">intellectual property attorney</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;will be able to search for any conflicting patents and will also be able to file your patent applications for you. You will have to pay your attorney a fee, though, and I know that this is not ideal. But, it is possible to save money on attorney fees.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 19.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Please click&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property"><span style="color: #c42929; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">here</span></a><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;to learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our IP lawyers&nbsp;in Vietnam for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-22198010948010397512017-09-20T02:04:00.000-07:002017-09-20T02:04:51.695-07:00Actively Review and Cut-off Unnecessary Business Conditions<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 8.05pt;"><span style="color: #777777; text-align: justify;">Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministries to research, actively self-review to amend or proposed modifications, cutting&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/propose-to-remove-nearly-2000-business-conditions.html" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">business conditions</a><span style="color: #777777; text-align: justify;">&nbsp;which are not reasonable and unnecessary.</span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_duNoBPazwo/WcIvIxTzVGI/AAAAAAAAJPQ/D7FMsrXxPTcrSF3pmV9uofE_f7FPaRk6gCLcBGAs/s1600/business-conditions-in-Vietnam%2B5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="696" height="358" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_duNoBPazwo/WcIvIxTzVGI/AAAAAAAAJPQ/D7FMsrXxPTcrSF3pmV9uofE_f7FPaRk6gCLcBGAs/s640/business-conditions-in-Vietnam%2B5.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777;">On August 22<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">nd</sup>&nbsp;2017 , under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the Government held a legislative session to give comments on the draft law on competition (revised); the draft law amending and supplementing some articles of the law on environmental protection tax; draft law on administrative unit and special economic zones; discuss on the report synthesizing the results of reviews and proposals of ministries and agencies on the drafting of laws to amend and supplement the laws relating to land, construction, housing, business and planning…<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777;">According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, there are still 4,284 business investment requirements and conditions in 243 industries under the management of 15 ministries, which are regulated in 237 legal normative documents. The Ministry of Planning and Investment proposes to abolish all or part of the business investment conditions in finance, location, production capacity, human resources, business methods, planning…<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777;">Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has proposed to abolish 96 conditions of business and amend 13 conditions in 3 sectors: industry, transportation, science and technology.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777;">Regarding the draft law on special administrative and economic units aim to create legal bases for the establishment, development, management and operation of 3 special zones namely Van Don (Quang Ninh), North Van Phong (Khanh Hoa) and Phu Quoc (Kien Giang).<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777;">In terms of the draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax, the Prime Minister emphasized that the role of amending and supplementing this law in the context that environmental regulations violation is complicated. complex. According to the Ministry of Finance – the drafting agency, the current environmental protection tax policy has revealed some obstacles that need to be finalized in order to ensure that this is an important economic tool, contributing to limiting the production and use of goods that pollute the environment, encouraging the use of environmentally friendly goods towards sustainable development.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777;">Commenting on the draft Law on Competition, the Prime Minister said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade should thoroughly review the unfair competition practices so as not to overlap with other laws.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #777777;">To learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank">IP attorneys in Vietnam</a>&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a><span style="color: #777777;">&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><u1:p></u1:p> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-38423962607742668252017-09-18T19:23:00.000-07:002017-09-18T19:23:20.810-07:00How do patents work for cosmetics?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">How do patents work for cosmetics? What can be done if there is already a patent that exists for my idea?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">This is an American perspective. Patents for cosmetics do not work very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">A lot of the applications I see are mostly marketing proposals “we are using all natural organic ingredients…” to do what one would expect these ingredients to do. Well, that’s not patentable subject matter under section 101 of the Patent Act because it is directed to a natural compound that does not perform a surprising result.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZmE4IVoscKk/WcB_bWnu1II/AAAAAAAAJKg/2Dspyw9zFqYN_RIOqYfP42lQP_jLgnSSQCLcBGAs/s1600/patents%2Bwork%2Bfor%2Bcosmetics%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZmE4IVoscKk/WcB_bWnu1II/AAAAAAAAJKg/2Dspyw9zFqYN_RIOqYfP42lQP_jLgnSSQCLcBGAs/s640/patents%2Bwork%2Bfor%2Bcosmetics%2B1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">It’s easy enough to get around this. You can add a single non-naturally occurring preservative, but then you are not selling something, “using all natural organic ingredients…” and that messes with your marketing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">The next problem is that you need to have at least one ingredient that has never been used in cosmetics before. This is really hard to do because old&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/intellectual-property/patent-registration-under-pct-procedure.html" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">patent applications</span></a><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">&nbsp;in this field list thousands of ingredients that can be combined in all quantities from 0.1 to 99%. Those applications render almost any combination of “all natural organic ingredients” either anticipated or obvious.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">Now, if you do have a new non-naturally occuring active ingredient, then, of course, the patent system, in conjunction with the exclusivity provided in some instances with the FDA works really well. So well, that other countries have started modeling the American system.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">You may want to have a patent attorney take a look at the other patents that exist in your space. It is possible that you may be able to capture some value from those patent owners.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><h2 style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?</span><o:p></o:p></h2><div style="background: #F7F7F7; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">To learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Patent Attorneys inVietnam</span></a><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-89884557330364411202017-09-14T01:48:00.002-07:002017-09-14T01:48:51.370-07:00What Are Trademark Classes?<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">A trademark class is a category in which a trademark is put into. Each class covers certain similar goods or services which the trademark covers. For example, class 25 covers clothing. If you apply for a trademark and tell the trademark office that your trademark will be used to represent shirts, for example, your trademark will be put into class 25. You can potentially get a trademark for a name that someone already has a trademark for, if you apply for a different class.</span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">When you apply for a trademark, you need to tell the trademark office what goods or services this trademark will represent. For Before reading further, make sure you understand the basics of what a trademark is. You should know what it means that a trademark acts as an&nbsp;<em>identifier of source</em>. To get the 101 on trademarks, read&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property/trademark" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fc7f6f;">What is a Trademark?</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;first.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">example, Coke will tell the trademark office that the Coca-Cola trademark will be used to represent soft drinks. When people see Coca-Cola on soft drinks, Coke wants people to know that the soft drink was made by Coca-Cola. When approved, Coke’s trademark will prevent people from using the Coca-Cola name on soft drinks, and anything that is similar to soft drinks. This is because soft drinks was indicated on Coke’s trademark application. If someone uses the name Coca-Cola on a completely unrelated product, bookshelves for example, they may be able to do so since bookshelves are quite different from soft drinks.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">When the trademark office looked at Coke’s trademark application for Coca-Cola, they put the trademark into class 32 which is the class for most beverages. This is because when Coke applied for the trademark, they told the trademark office the trademark will be used to represent soft drinks and the trademark office knew to put the application into class 32. Now that they have their trademark approved and put into class 32, the class can help others determine how much protection the trademark covers. Generally speaking, if Coke has a trademark in class 32, you likely cannot use their trademark with any product that is also in class 32. For example, you likely cannot use Coca-Cola to sell juices. Further, if you applied for the trademark Coca-Cola to try and represent any product in class 32, such as juices for example, you likely will be rejected. This is because Coke already has a trademark for Coca-Cola in class 32, and you are trying to apply for the same name to represent goods in the same class Coke already is in.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Generally speaking again, if you were to apply for the same name in a different class, you may be able to get a trademark. Let’s look at an example with the name “Dove”:</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nt3t5w5yAX0/WbpCa-gs2zI/AAAAAAAAJJM/FYibEOR2H8cBmAigyBrJ9SpzKG_dIm3lQCLcBGAs/s1600/Trademark%2BClasses%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="650" height="294" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nt3t5w5yAX0/WbpCa-gs2zI/AAAAAAAAJJM/FYibEOR2H8cBmAigyBrJ9SpzKG_dIm3lQCLcBGAs/s640/Trademark%2BClasses%2B5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">You can see above that there is a Dove soap and there is also a Dove Chocolate, trademarks owned by two separate companies. The simple explanation as to why they can both own trademarks for Dove is because they have applied for trademarks in different classes. Dove owned by Mars is in class 30 for chocolates, whereas Dove owned by Unilever is in class 3 for soaps.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">However, there is a longer explanation. The real reason that both companies can each own a trademark for Dove is not necessarily because they have applied for goods that are in different classes, but rather because the trademark office believes that people buying Dove chocolate will not be confused and think that the chocolate was made by the company that makes soap. Vice versa, the trademark office believes that people buying Dove soap will not think the soap was made by the company that makes chocolate. The key is that the trademark office is convinced that there is no&nbsp;<em>likelihood to cause confusion</em>&nbsp;by both companies each having the trademark for the name Dove. In other words, the main reason Dove chocolate and Dove soap can both exist is because the trademark office considers chocolate and soap different enough that people will not be confused as to which company is making each. It just so happens that chocolate and soap are in different classes, which is usually true when two trademarks of the same name coexist, but not always.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Building on this concept, it is possible for two people to have the same trademark and coexist in the same class. Conversely, it is possible to apply for a trademark that already exists in one class, but file it in a different class and get rejected. It all comes down to whether the trademark office thinks the goods and services that are represented by the two marks are likely to cause confusion with buyers. For example, Coke has a trademark Coca-Cola for sodas in class 32. Tea drinks are actually part of a different class, class 30 which is the class for tea and coffee. If you were to apply for a trademark for Coca-Cola in class 30 for tea, do you think you would be approved? The answer is likely not. Because tea and soft drinks are both drinks, it is likely for buyers to be confused if you have a trademark for Coca-Cola in class 30 and Coke has one for class 32. If you label your tea as Coca-Cola, buyers will not be sure whether the tea was made by you, or by Coke, and thus confused as to who made it. In this example, even though you are applying in a different class than an existing trademark of the same name, you are likely to be rejected. In an example of the reverse, if you are applying for a mark in a class where another same mark already exists, you could still get approved if you can convince the trademark office that the goods you are selling are so different from the goods of the other mark in the same class that there would be no confusion to buyers. However, this is generally difficult since the trademark class system has been designed so that similar products and services are put into the same class.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">So let’s think strategy. Let’s say you start a company called Widget and you will sell sodas and teas. You want to prevent others from also selling sodas and teas by the name of Widget. Should you apply for sodas in class 32 or teas in class 30? The answer, is for best protection you should apply for both. If you have one trademark for sodas in class 32 and another for teas in class 30, you ensure that both teas and sodas are covered. Filing in both classes, however, requires double the fees. The trademark office charges for each different class you file in. You may say well let me just file in class 32 for sodas only, I should be fine since you said earlier if someone else files for the same name in class 30 for teas they likely would be rejected by the trademark office since teas and sodas are so similar. This may be true, but do you want to risk it? If someone can make a convincing argument to the trademark office that the teas they sell will not cause buyers to be confused with the sodas you sell, they may get the trademark for teas in class 30. Therefore, to be safe, the best way is to file for both class 32 and class 30, and pay double the fees needed to do so. This is how the major corporations do it. They will cover many classes to ensure that people cannot use their trademark name on practically any good or service. As of this writing, Coke has 61 trademarks for Coca-Cola and similar variations, spanning multiple classes.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">There are&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #fc7f6f;">45 total trademark classes</span><span style="color: #222222;">. When you&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/library/how-to-protect-trademark-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fc7f6f;">apply for a trademark application</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">, you will indicate what goods and services your trademark will represent. The trademark office will then compare your trademark to similar trademarks and make a subjective decision as to whether your mark and what it represents is likely to cause confusion with another mark and what that mark represents. If the trademark office thinks there is no likelihood to cause confusion, they will approve. otherwise, they will reject and you have an opportunity to argue back for approval. There is no guarantee that a trademark application will be approved as whether you are likely to cause confusion with another mark is a subjective determination made by an examiner at the trademark office. This is true even if nobody has the exact same name you are applying for. The only way to get a trademark is to apply and wait for a decision by the trademark office. To maximize your chances of approval, however, you should apply for trademarks that are as different from existing trademarks as possible, and list goods and services that are as different as possible from the goods and services of existing trademarks. You also don’t get your money back if your application is rejected or filed improperly, so best file it properly the first time around.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div><header class="vc_cta3-content-header" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #777777; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?<o:p></o:p></span></h2></header><div style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #777777;">To learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank">Trademark lawyers&nbsp;in Vietnam</a>&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-67385101696831145082017-09-12T00:02:00.002-07:002017-09-12T00:02:20.170-07:00Google’s Book Scanning and Copyright Laws<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">As you may know, Google is making an effort to scan every book in the world. The goal is to create a giant online database of every book that can be searched. One small problem is the fact that Google is violating copyright laws.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wgJbcCqXSoE/WbeGdV0kJII/AAAAAAAAJEk/pzEP1Y5DRi0NNGq4g-S_EowjL2oT4UdgwCLcBGAs/s1600/Google%25E2%2580%2599s%2BBook%2BScanning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wgJbcCqXSoE/WbeGdV0kJII/AAAAAAAAJEk/pzEP1Y5DRi0NNGq4g-S_EowjL2oT4UdgwCLcBGAs/s640/Google%25E2%2580%2599s%2BBook%2BScanning.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Copyright</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Google argues its book database doesn’t violate&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property/copyright-and-related-rights" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">copyright laws</span></a>. The company suggests it only shows short passages and accompanies the text with ads showcasing where the full books can be purchased. Of course, the ads are Google Adwords from which the company makes a tidy profit.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">On Tuesday, the search goliath rolled out stand-alone book search services in 14 countries. The same day, the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) became the latest publishers' organization to call Google's opt-out strategy backwards.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Authors, Publishers and publishing associations are not happy. While Google only publishes the full text of books in the public domain, it is still copying entire books for which it has no permission. Google claims it can do this because the books are being scanned from versions owned by public libraries. Fearing an avalanche of lawsuits, Google backed off.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">In August, Google stopped scanning&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/update/registering-copyright-services-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">copyrighted books</span></a>&nbsp;in public library collections. At the same time, it gave publishers the right to submit lists of books the publishers didn’t want scanned. As you can image, publishers still aren’t happy.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Arrogance of Google</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Once viewed as the underdog to giants such as Microsoft, Google continues to act like the local school bully. In this case, the company has taken such an arrogant approach that lawsuits are inevitable. Google is going to take a beating in the lawsuits and here is why.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Consider the neighborhood you live in. What if a local crime syndicate informed every household it was going to steal everything in each household. Undoubtedly, there would be calls of outrage. In response, what if the crime syndicate then suggested you could send a list of items in your house that you didn’t want stolen? This is exactly what Google is doing.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Google’s decision to scan every book in the world is idealistic, but laughably simple minded. At a time when the recording industry is suing teenagers for file swapping, one would think Google would get a clue.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Author:Richard A. Chapo</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Source: Articlecity.com</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">How&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property/copyright-and-related-rights" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Copyright Attorney in Vietnam</span></a>&nbsp;Could Help Your Business?</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">To learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Copyright lawyers inVietnam</span></a>&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-81272367311361656352017-09-11T03:03:00.002-07:002017-09-11T03:03:31.454-07:00Labour Matters and Labour Legal Compliance<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The labor management is one of the most important matters in the operation of enterprises. &nbsp;For the employee, he or she has to fulfill the job requirements as per labour contract, follow internal labour regulations, and work under the supervision of the employer. &nbsp;For employer, complying with &nbsp;regulations include paying salary, ensuring benefits, and other mandatory labour compliance as per labour laws and collective labour agreements signed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zBhDK225H6U/WbZfaz6RrcI/AAAAAAAAJD8/U891Xo5K0Lwd4fLSoVysZxZgYaCBRQtFACLcBGAs/s1600/Labour%2BMatters%2Band%2BLabour%2BLegal%2BCompliance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zBhDK225H6U/WbZfaz6RrcI/AAAAAAAAJD8/U891Xo5K0Lwd4fLSoVysZxZgYaCBRQtFACLcBGAs/s640/Labour%2BMatters%2Band%2BLabour%2BLegal%2BCompliance.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.0pt;">The following recaps the labour matters and labour legal compliance according to Vietnam labour laws:</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make reports on labor use according to the provisions of Article 6, Circular No. 23/2014/TT-BLDTBXH dated August 29th 2014 (Circular 23).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make periodical reports on the use and change of labor according to the provisions of Point d, Clause 2, Article 6 of the Labor Code 2012 and Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree No. 03/2014/ND-CP and Clause 2, Article 6 of the Circular 23.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make and use labor management books as guided in Article 7 of Circular 23.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Build and send wage scales, payroll, technical standards, titles, professional standards and labor norms in accordance with Article 93 of Labor Code 2012 and Chapter III of Decree No. 49/2013/ND-CP dated May 14th 2013</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To participate and pay social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance for employees in accordance with current law.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To construct and register the labor regulations of the unit in accordance with Article 119, Clause 1, Clause 2, Article 120 of the Labor Code 2012, Chapter V of Decree No. 05/2015/ND-CP dated January 12th (Decree 05) and Chapter III of Circular 47/2015/TT-BLDTBXH dated November 15th 2015.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To develop and promulgate the Grassroots Democracy Regulation; Statute of periodical dialogue in the workplace as stipulated in Decree 60/2013/ND-CP dated June 19th 2013</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To negotiate, sign and send the Collective Labor Agreement to the provincial labor authority in accordance with Chapter V of the Labor Code 2012, Chapter III of Decree 05 and Article 3 of Circular 29/2015/TT-BLDTBXH dated July 31st 2015 (this is optional).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make explanatory reports on the demand for use, the procedures for the grant and re-grant of work permits and the implementation of reporting regimes according to the provisions of Decree No. 11/2016/ND-CP dated March 2nd 2016 and Circular 40/2016/TT-BLDTBXH dated October 25th 2016 (if employing foreign workers).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10.&nbsp;To formulate and promulgate the Regulation on evaluation of the performance of tasks as provided in Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree 05 (This content is part of the company’s working regulations and we must have this content to be able to unilaterally terminate the labor contract with the employee under Clause 1, Article 38 of the Labor Code 2012).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11.&nbsp;To carry out the procedures for the establishment of a grassroots trade union organization in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 189 of the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/update/new-labor-code-2012.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c42929; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Labor Code 2012</span></a><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;and Article 5 of the Trade Union Law 2012 (This is not mandatory but depends on the quantity of workers want to join the union of the company).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12.&nbsp;To report on occupational accidents, technical incidents causing serious unsafety and occupational hygiene at the unit as provided in Clause 1, Article 36 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015 (if any); Periodically report on occupational accidents according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 24 of Decree No. 39/2016/ND-CP dated May 15th 2016 (Decree 39).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">13.&nbsp;To report annually on occupational safety and health as provided in Article 10 of Circular 07/2016/TT-BLDTBXH dated May 15th 2016</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14.&nbsp;To declare the fatal occupational accident or serious injury of 2 or more laborers as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 34 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015; Article 10 of Decree 39 (if any).</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">15.&nbsp;To monitor, manage and declare the use of machines, equipments and materials with strict requirements on labor safety in accordance with Articles 30 and 31 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, Article 16 of Decree 44/2016/ND-CP dated May 15th 2016 (Decree 44) (if any); Circular 53/2016/TT-BLDTBXH dated December 28th 2016</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16.&nbsp;To arrange full-time officials working in occupational safety and health in accordance with Article 36 of Decree 39.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17.&nbsp;To arrange staff to work in the health sector in accordance with Article 37 of Decree 39.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">18.&nbsp;To provide material allowances to laborers working under dangerous and harmful conditions (if any) according to the provisions of Article 24 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015; Circular 25/2013/TT-BLDTBXH dated October 18th 2013</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19.&nbsp;To review, classify and organize occupational safety and health training for laborers as stipulated in Article 14 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health 2015; Article 17 of Decree 44.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">20.&nbsp;To organize health examination and treatment of occupational diseases for laborers according to the provisions of Article 21 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">21.&nbsp;To compile the workers’ health records and labor sanitation dossiers according to the provisions of Circular No. 19/2016/TT-BYT dated June 30th 2016</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">22.&nbsp;To allocate and monitor personal protective devices for laborers according to the provisions of Article 23 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015; Circular 04/2014/TT-BLDTBXH dated Feruary 12th 2014</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">23.&nbsp;To develop and implement an annual plan for occupational safety and health; Occupational safety and health regulations of the enterprise for each working area; Safe working methods for each type of work; Control of risk and harmful factors; Risk assessment on occupational safety and health; The plan for handling technical incidents causing serious unsafety and emergency rescue as provided in Articles 15, 18, 76, 77 and 78 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">24.&nbsp;To develop a plan for implementation of the month of action on occupational safety and health in accordance with Circular 02/2017/TT-BLDTBXH dated February 20th, 2017</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.0pt;">It is important the company to retain&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c42929; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">law firm in Vietnam</span></a><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.0pt;">with labour expertise to avoid non compliance and disputes to be arisen.</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h2 style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style="background: #F7F7F7; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.0pt;">To learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">IP lawyers&nbsp;inVietnam</span></a><span style="color: #777777; font-size: 13.0pt;">&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-69750699762836446212017-09-08T01:58:00.000-07:002017-09-08T01:58:08.412-07:00Issuance of Work Permit for Foreigner Online<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">From October 2</span><sup style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999;">nd</sup><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;2017, the issuance of&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/library/cases-that-foreigners-do-not-have-to-apply-for-work-permits.html" style="font-size: 13.5pt;" target="_blank">work permits to foreign employees working in Vietnam</a><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;via Internet will be applied in accordance with the guidance of Circular No. 23/2017/TT-BLDTBXH issued by the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs on August 15</span><sup style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999;">th</sup><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;2017.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LjvyrqysehI/WbJbmf4pqbI/AAAAAAAAI-c/AGh--aeTFBs_iH6sPPRkyhsUsYScHd1LgCLcBGAs/s1600/work-permit-in-Vietnam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LjvyrqysehI/WbJbmf4pqbI/AAAAAAAAI-c/AGh--aeTFBs_iH6sPPRkyhsUsYScHd1LgCLcBGAs/s640/work-permit-in-Vietnam.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">Accordingly, the issuance and re-issuance of work permits for foreigners will be made via the electronic portal: http://dvc.vieclamvietnam.gov.vn. Employers must register their account to log into the Portal.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">Before at least 7 working days, from the date the foreign worker intends to commence work, the employer must declare the information in the declaration form and submit the application for work permit via the electronic portal. The dossier includes: The declaration form and enclosed papers in accordance with the provisions of law on e-transactions and management of foreign laborers working in Vietnam; if the attached documents are in the form of paper, the employer must convert to electronic versions like pdf, doc, docx or jpg.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">Within 5 working days from the date of receiving the dossier, the licensing agency shall reply via email to the employer. If the dossier is invalid, the licensing agency must clearly state the reasons.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">Upon receipt of the result of notification of valid dossiers, the employers shall submit directly or by post the originals of the work permit application dossiers to the licensing agency for inspection, comparison and archive regulations. Within a maximum of 08 working hours from the date of receipt of the original application, the licensing agency shall return the result to the employer.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;">This Circular comes into effect from October 2<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">nd</sup>&nbsp;2017.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #474747; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Please click&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank"><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #c42929; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">here</span></span></a><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;to learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span style="background: #F7F7F7; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">IP lawyers&nbsp;inVietnam</span></a><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;for advice via email&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #c42929; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></span></a><span style="background: #F7F7F7; color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-6744635355486614492017-09-06T02:36:00.000-07:002017-09-06T02:36:29.512-07:00Propose to Remove Nearly 2,000 Business Conditions<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed to remove nearly 2,000 business conditions from ministries and sectors that are thought to cause difficulties and obstacles for&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/set-up-trading-company-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">businesses</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ehSTd2050fA/Wa_AwGQ_cuI/AAAAAAAAI9E/cSiTbHDjgLs-BNz8CjjvAFbrLcrz2aAbACLcBGAs/s1600/business-conditions-in-Vietnam%2B5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="696" height="358" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ehSTd2050fA/Wa_AwGQ_cuI/AAAAAAAAI9E/cSiTbHDjgLs-BNz8CjjvAFbrLcrz2aAbACLcBGAs/s640/business-conditions-in-Vietnam%2B5.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">According to the report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment submitted to the Government, this agency proposed to remove 1,930 requirements and conditions on business that are considered as sublicenses hinder business for a long time. Of these, the Ministry proposed removing all or part of 302 financial conditions. In addition, 85 business conditions on location and 1,336 conditions on production capacity, 127 conditions on business methods, 80 conditions on planning… are proposed to be abandoned entirely.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In addition, other business conditions related to human resources issues (except for some professions that require professional qualifications and experiences such as doctor and auditor) and some conditions with inappropriate contents, the Ministry also recommends the abolition of all or part.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">According to the report of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), there are about 4,284 business conditions, corresponding with 243 conditional&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/library/forms-of-investment-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">investment businesses</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Of these, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has the highest number of business conditions with 1,152 conditions; next is the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Health…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Most of these business conditions are creating unreasonable barriers to investment, entry into the market, limiting the number of newly registered businesses, increasing production costs, discouraging businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Moreover, business conditions also reduce market competition, productivity and competitiveness of the economy. Businesses also face with many risks in the process of operation when many business conditions are unclear, creating opportunities for the arbitrariness of state management agencies and the harassment of officials… These effects are going backwards and hinder the Government’s resolve to improve the business environment and cut costs for businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h2 style="margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #474747; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style="background: #F7F7F7; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Please click&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property"><span style="color: #c42929; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;to learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our IP lawyers&nbsp;in Vietnam for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71<o:p></o:p></span></div><h2 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-45899590218779890222017-09-05T01:19:00.002-07:002017-09-05T01:19:49.785-07:00Can I copyright something on behalf of another person?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I’m afraid the Copyright Act beat you to it. Copyright arises automatically under the law at the time a copyrightable work is created and “fixed in a tangible medium of expression” (e.g., drawn on paper, saved in digital format, recorded on tape, etc.). What that means is that your cousin’s logo design was&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/quyen-tac-gia-va-quyen-lien-quan.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">protected by copyright law</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;as soon as she created it, and she has owned the copyright since that time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d0G4sYZTs9A/Wa5eHiVQCHI/AAAAAAAAI4M/G8QhDGKCT_wdgERaPg3B-Xz6JJp4LCBFwCLcBGAs/s1600/copyright%2Bin%2BVietnam%2B2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d0G4sYZTs9A/Wa5eHiVQCHI/AAAAAAAAI4M/G8QhDGKCT_wdgERaPg3B-Xz6JJp4LCBFwCLcBGAs/s640/copyright%2Bin%2BVietnam%2B2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">What you may be thinking of is the act of&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/update/registering-copyright-services-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">registering a copyright with the Copyright Office</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">. Registering a copyright doesn't create the copyright itself — it simply records a person’s claim to a particular copyright with the federal government. (It also provides some very valuable benefits in the event someone infringes the copyright, which is the primary reason most people and businesses do it.) Unfortunately though, you aren't permitted to register someone else's copyright unless you’re acting as the copyright owner’s authorized agent. So, at least assuming you want the gift to be a surprise, the Copyright Office won't permit you to register the copyright in the logo since you don't have your cousin’s authorization. But you certainly can help your cousin do it herself or even ask her for authorization to be her agent for the purpose of registering the copyright.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please click&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property"><span style="color: #c42929; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;to learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our IP lawyers&nbsp;in Vietnam for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-53135878941481163392017-08-31T21:12:00.002-07:002017-08-31T21:12:12.762-07:00Licensing Your Copyrighted Works<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you’ve taken the necessary steps to register your copyrighted works, you inevitably will have an opportunity to royalties off of them. To take advantage of the opportunity, you will need to be familiar with copyright license agreements.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WIB4pkNj6xY/WajeGKb9fiI/AAAAAAAAI2w/_IbJ0Tn0tVoeQCkmQdW_oHkv4akMUY_pgCLcBGAs/s1600/Licensing%2BYour%2BCopyrighted%2BWorks%2B8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" height="426" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WIB4pkNj6xY/WajeGKb9fiI/AAAAAAAAI2w/_IbJ0Tn0tVoeQCkmQdW_oHkv4akMUY_pgCLcBGAs/s640/Licensing%2BYour%2BCopyrighted%2BWorks%2B8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you’ve taken the necessary steps to&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/update/registering-copyright-services-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">register your copyrighted works</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">, you inevitably will have an opportunity to royalties off of them. To take advantage of the opportunity, you will need to be familiar with copyright license agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Copyright License Agreement</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property/copyright-and-related-rights" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">A copyright license agreemen</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">t sets for the terms under which a third party can use your content. In legal language, you will the “licensor” with the other party being the “licensee.” The purpose of the agreement is to set forth the terms under which you, the licensor, will grant the third party, licensee, the right to use, publish or reuse your copyrighted work in exchange for a royalty. Let’s take a closer look at key components of the licensing agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Specific Rights Granted</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This may sound obvious, but the agreement needs to detail exactly what copyrighted material can be used. If you have copyrighted articles, are you granting a right to use all of the articles or only certain ones? It is highly recommended that the agreement contain a detailed description of the exact materials being covered.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Once you agree upon the exact materials, you need to determine any restrictions on how the material can be used. Can the material be used on the Internet or will it be restricted to a certain niche’ such as manuals or collections of materials?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">An extremely important issue is whether the agreement grants exclusive or non-exclusive rights. In English, this simply defines whether the licensor can grant similar rights to other parties. The grant of exclusive licenses should require a much larger royalty rate since you are essentially betting the third party will be successful.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Licensing Royalties</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In exchange for your copyrighted work, the third party is going to make royalty payments to you. The particular amount of the royalty is dependent upon the nature of your work. Issues to consider include:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1) Will you be paid a flat amount or percentage of sales?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">2) If a percentage, will it be figured from gross revenues or something less?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">3) How often will you be paid?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">4) What rights will you have to audit the books of the third party to determine you are getting the full royalty?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In some situations, you may decide to forgo a royalty payment. This usually occurs when the third party will use the materials in manner that produces massive publicity for you. For example, many professionals seek to right columns for publications as a marketing tool. Often, they will not charge the publication for the material because the resulting publicity carries enough of a benefit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In Closing</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">&nbsp;If you are considering licensing copyrighted content, keep the above in mind. Since such agreements are difficult to break, hiring an attorney is worth the expense.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">How ANT Lawyers Could Help Your Business?</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please click&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property"><span style="color: #c42929; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;to learn more about ANT Lawyers IP Practice or contact our IP lawyers&nbsp;in Vietnam for advice via email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ant@antlawyers.vn"><span style="color: #c42929;">ant@antlawyers.vn</span></a>&nbsp;or call our office at (+84) 24 32 23 27 71</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-9933092589505331812017-06-28T00:46:00.000-07:002017-06-28T00:46:39.682-07:00Quang Ninh Calls for Investors in Tourism Real Estate<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Quang Ninh is becoming an open destination for tourism investors to come and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up business in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Hình ảnh có liên quan" height="463" src="http://chuatuky.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Chua-ba-vang.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">With the land area and sea surface of over 12,000 square kilometers, the topography of more than 2,000 islands spread over 250 kilometers of coastal lines, Quang Ninh is considered as a “small Vietnam” with the potential to develop green tourism. Therefore, it is not surprising that many travel experts perceive Quang Ninh is blessed with special values.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">The first highlight of the Quang Ninh tourism journey is Ha Long Bay – the world natural heritage, the most typical and unique island in the island’s integrated marine tourism system. This system stretches 250 kilometers of sea route, linking Ha Long – Bai Tu Long – Van Don island – Bai Tu Long National Park – Co To island – Vinh Thuc island – Tra Co beach with Cat Ba National Forest (the World Biosphere Reserve) and the marine resources system of Hai Phong city. These remarkable advantages make Ha Long Bay along with Cat Ba, Do Son (Hai Phong) are prioritized to develop into national tourist area.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Along with Ha Long Bay, places like Quan Lan, Minh Chau, Ngoc Vung, Bai Dai, Van Hai white sand mine… (in Van Don island district); or Tra Co, Vinh Thuc (in Mong Cai city) … with beautiful beaches, natural forests, intact coral reefs around the islands, offshore locations, have created special values of Quang Ninh tourism.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In addition to natural advantages, Quang Ninh is the only province with land and sea borders with China, an important and vibrant trade gateway between Vietnam, China and ASEAN countries. That is why large&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/tag/invest-in-vietnam" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">investors want to choose Quang Ninh</a>. From the end of 2013 up to now, Quang Ninh has attracted more than 100 projects with total investment capital of more than 5.5 billion USD, nearly half of capital concentrated in Ha Long city, of which the strong investment waves mostly focus on the field of tourism.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">There is not only the presence of Vietnamese investors such as Tuan Chau, Vingroup, Sun Group, FLC…, the attractiveness of Quang Ninh is also reflected in the presence of billion-dollar-super-projects of giants investors from United States, China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates… The famous names such as Wyndham, Starwood, ISC Corp, Amata, Nakheel… have landed in Ha Long with huge investment plan.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In the development plan, Quang Ninh is calling for investment in 14 large-scale eco-tourism real estate projects (period 2016 – 2020) and many other projects to develop 4 major tourism centers: Ha Long; Mong Cai – Tra Co; Van Don – Co To; Uong Bi – Dong Trieu – Quang Yen.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">Standing in the top on tourism investment attraction, the keys that help Quang Ninh to balance its economic benefits and resource conservation are unified planning, consistent development and a clear view on investment attraction.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-3622149496787831842017-06-25T21:35:00.000-07:002017-06-25T21:35:02.907-07:00Korean Corporation Builds Aircraft Engine Spare Part Factory in Vietnam<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Hanwha Techwin is seeking opportunity to expand capacity through opening factory abroad and they chose to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/tag/establish-factory-in-vietnam" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up factory in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho Tổng công ty Hàn Quốc xây dựng nhà máy sản xuất động cơ máy bay tại Việt Nam" height="480" src="http://sohanews.sohacdn.com/k:thumb_w/640/2015/su-30-8584-1434081575608/vi-sao-viet-nam-chua-nen-mua-may-bay-chien-dau-phuong-tay.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Hanwha Techwin Corporation from Korea has selected a 10 hectares site on the suburb of Hanoi to build a factory manufacturing aircraft engine spare parts.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">The Corporation is now waiting for the Vietnamese Government to approve the project. If licensed, Hanwha Techwin will start construction of the factory in August 2017 and begin operation in the second quarter of 2018. This factory covers an area of 6ha, 8 times more than a regular football field.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In order to implement the plan to raise revenue from aircraft engine spare parts to 900 million USD, Hanwha Techwin is seeking to expand capacity through opening factory abroad. In which, among many areas targeted by Hanwha Techwin, Vietnam was selected for having a suitable logistics environment and high competitive advantage in terms of production costs.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">This technology corporation is expanding its&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/guardian-corporation-opens-its-49th-retail-store-in-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">engine parts business</a>by winning large contracts from leading global aircraft engine manufacturers such as GE, Pratt &amp; Whitney (P&amp;W) and Rolls-Royce.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">Earlier in April 2017, Hanwha Techwin Corporation started construction of Hanwha Techwin Security factory in Que Vo Industrial Park, Bac Ninh province. Phase 1 of this 100-million-USD project will manufacture CCTV camera, storage devices, high technology security surveillance devices.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-79995994262364408212017-06-23T01:36:00.003-07:002017-06-23T01:36:40.517-07:00Will Form New Value Chain in Vietnam – Japan Economic Cooperation<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Japan has truly become a strategic partner of Vietnam. Currently, trade activities between the two countries are being promoted and more and more Japanese businesses choose to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up company in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho hợp tác kinh tế việt nhật" height="480" src="http://viglaceraland.vn/upload/images/Xuc_tien_dau_tu_Nhat_Ban_2011-3.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to Mr. Hironobu Kitagawa, Chief Representative of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Vietnam, it is not just a single sector investment, the integration of industry groups to create new value chains is essential for Vietnam -Japan economic cooperation.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">During the recent visit to Japan by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, many collaboration memorandum have been signed, as well as 1,600 attendees pointed out that Japanese enterprises pay high attention to the investment in Vietnam. In the eyes of Japanese businesses, Vietnamese market is a continuous growing market. In addition to the second group of industries (manufacturing and processing industries), enterprises will expand into other sectors such as the first industry group (agriculture sector) and the third industry group (service industries).</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Japanese side affirmed that they would continue to support Vietnam in implementing the plans of the 6 selected industries in order to accelerate Vietnam’s industrialization and modernization process. Basically, direct investment from abroad will boost domestic industry and boost economic growth. Of course, if&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/fdi-capital-flows-into-vietnam-increased-rapidly.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">foreign economic relations accelerate</a>, the ability to create new business opportunities will be greater, while stimulating the domestic consumption market. Therefore, through the receipt of investment from abroad, the building of mutually beneficial relationship is necessary.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">Increasing&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/investment-waves-from-japan-continue-to-rise.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">investment from Japan</a>&nbsp;in 6 areas (especially electronics, food processing and car accessories) is the focus for accumulation of supporting industries. This is expected to contribute to the nurturing of Vietnamese enterprises. Moreover, JETRO will continue to contribute to the development of supporting industries in Vietnam by organizing annual supporting industry exhibitions.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-30868197557798882732017-06-22T00:24:00.003-07:002017-06-22T00:24:49.525-07:00Differences Between Limited Liability Company and Joint Stock Company <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747;">How to distinguish a Limited Liability Company and a Joint Stock Company?</span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Vietnam Law allows the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/establish-a-company-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c42929;">establishment of a company in Vietnam</span></a>&nbsp;in various forms. It is an important step in investment process.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Investors could choose different forms depending on the needs and capacity on the ability to raise capital and sharing the risk in business as well as the management and operating costs. Each form will have its own organizational structure, operating mechanism, rights and obligations specified under&nbsp;<span style="color: #c42929;">Law on Enterprise 2014</span>.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A6WR-MwHg2A/WUtwqVjyPXI/AAAAAAAAH1Y/PQic-CEzWgsMZsenHhvh2Tq8u6hyn0avACLcBGAs/s1600/3-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A6WR-MwHg2A/WUtwqVjyPXI/AAAAAAAAH1Y/PQic-CEzWgsMZsenHhvh2Tq8u6hyn0avACLcBGAs/s640/3-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Currently, Limited Liability Company (“<b>LTD</b>”) and Joint Stock Company (“<b>JSC</b>”) are two popular enterprise forms operating<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/area-of-expertise/intellectual-property" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">&nbsp;</span></span>inVietnam</a>.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">What is the difference between these two forms of companies?<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">I.&nbsp;<b>Organizational Structure</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Number of members/shareholders:</i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>LTD</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Single member LTD: Having only one member (member can be an organization or an individual);<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Multi members LTD: Having at least 2 members and not exceed 50 members (member can be an organization or an individual).<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>JSC</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Joint Stock Company has at least 3 shareholders and not limit the maximum number.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Management structure</i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>LTD</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Single member LTD<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Single member LTD owner by an organization shall be organized under two models: Company president, Director/General director and Supervisor; (OR) Members Council, Director/General director and Supervisor.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Single member LTD owner by an individual shall be organized as follows:&nbsp; Company president, Director/General director.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Multi members LTD<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Multi members shall be organized by: LTD Council members, Chairman of the Members Council and Director/General director;<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Multi members LTD having 11 members or more shall establish the Board of Supervisors.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>JSC</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">JSC can be organized under two models: General Meeting of Shareholders, Board of Directors, Board of Supervisors and Director/General director; (OR) General Meeting of Shareholders, Board of Directors (Board of Internal Supervisors under Board of Directors) and Director/General director.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>II. Capital Contribution</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Raising capital</i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>LTD</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Single member LTD: Owner increases charter capital<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Multi members LTD: Members increase their charter capital, or increasing the number of capital contributors<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>JSC</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Different from LTD, JSC can raise its capital by various methods as follows: Selling shares to existing shareholders; Selling shares individually to non-shareholders; Issuing shres on the stock market.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Transfer of contributed capital</i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>LTD</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Single member LTD: Owner transfers a part of contributed capital to other persons and this could lead to changes of the type of business or other procedures if all capital is transferred (for instance in a M&amp;A deal).<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>Multi members LTD: Offer the stakes to other members in proportion to their stakes in the company under the same conditions; &nbsp;The stakes could only be transferred to other persons if the members do not buy or do not buy completely within&nbsp;30&nbsp;days from the offering date.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>JSC</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">The shareholders of JSC are free for transfer their contributed capital after 03 years from the establishment.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Having said that, LTD is a type of enterprise that the capital contribution is not the only link between the members of the company but they are also linked together by relationship. They may be acquaintances and trust each other to jointly contribute capital to establish an enterprise. Therefore, the management of the LTD is as complicated as JSC. With the larger the number of shareholders, the level of capital mobilization, voting power to decide on issues of the company based on the ratio of capital contribution of each shareholder, the management and operation of the JSC is more complex.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">The ability to raise capital of a JSC is higher than a LTD. Because, JSC can issue shares to the public in the form of securities. When the stocks are listed on stock exchange, the information of company’s business operations must be public and more transparent.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">The procedure to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/setting-up-company-in-vietnam.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c42929;">set up a company</span></a>&nbsp;in form of an LTD or a JSC has not much differences.<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-80010333579701203322017-06-21T20:49:00.003-07:002017-06-21T20:49:23.487-07:00Canadian Investors Invest in Binh Dinh Province<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #FBFBFB; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">Seldat Vietnam Co., Ltd (coming from Canada)&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html"><span style="color: #c44b1f; text-decoration-line: none;">went to Vietnam to set up business&nbsp;</span></a>by implementing the garment factory project.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #FBFBFB; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(251, 251, 251); line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho Nhà đầu tư Canada " height="374" src="http://img.thoibao.today/home/fetch?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvtv1.vcmedia.vn%2Fthumb_w%2F600%2F2016%2Fdong-san-1479719947248.png%23force-thumb" width="640" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #FBFBFB; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">Department of Planning and Investment of Binh Dinh province has just granted certificate of investment registration for Seldat Vietnam Co., Ltd (investors from Canada) to invest in Seldat Vietnam garment factory project in An Hoa village, Nhon Khanh commune, An Nhon town, with a total investment of nearly 1.2 million USD.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">Accordingly, the project will invest 5 production lines with designed capacity of 2 million products/year, products are mainly exported to the US market. The project is built on an area of 2,440m2 and is expected to be completed and put into operation in quarter II/2017.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">The project is licensed within the first days of the year so that it can be considered a meaningful gift for the efforts of the Binh Dinh province in attracting investment.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #984807; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/new-solar-power-plant-project-in-binh-dinh.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #984807; text-decoration-line: none;">BinhDinh province</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">&nbsp;has consistently implemented reforms, simplification of administrative procedures, thereby contributing to create an open investment environment, attracting investors to come to the province. Up to date, Binh Dinh has 69 FDI projects, total registered capital of 783 million USD, mainly are investors coming from potential economies in the world like the US, China, Japan, France, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand….</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">In 2017, in order to continue to be an attractive destination for investors, besides the administrative reform, leaders of Binh Dinh province will strengthen dialogue with&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #984807; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/new-solar-power-plant-project-in-binh-dinh.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #984807; text-decoration-line: none;">businesses</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">&nbsp;in order to listen to their desire, disassemble any difficulties and obstacles to improve the investment and business environment, promoting economic development of the locality.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">Currently, the Department of Planning and Investment of Binh Dinh is finalizing the draft scheme for implementation of the model “one door, one door interconnection”, preparing to submit to the leaders of Binh Dinh province for consideration and promulgation. At the same time, the E-Regulations project (electronic regulation system). The website has been completed, fully published the procedures relating to foreign investment so that investors can access and search for information about the investment procedures when investing in Binh Dinh.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: VI;">According to Director of Investment Promotion Centre (IPC) of Binh Dinh, Binh Dinh province’s goal is to continue to invest in development of Nhon Hoi Economic Zone and industrial zones as planned for these places to become seeds of the province’s growth in the sectors such as industry, tourism services, urban; create motivation and basis so that until 2020, Binh Dinh province can basically become developed province of the central region.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-71747562143432064512017-06-20T23:48:00.002-07:002017-06-20T23:48:24.062-07:00The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) procedure<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The PCT procedure includes:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Filing</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">: you file an international application with a national or regional patent Office or WIPO, complying with the PCT formality requirements, in one language, and you pay one set of fees.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-10Ea0Y3VnVE/WUoWsHVQFPI/AAAAAAAAHyk/P13ujvW-VXUuvkAyEZp3u3HqVaSX6Sd-gCLcBGAs/s1600/pct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-10Ea0Y3VnVE/WUoWsHVQFPI/AAAAAAAAHyk/P13ujvW-VXUuvkAyEZp3u3HqVaSX6Sd-gCLcBGAs/s640/pct.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">International Search</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">: an “International Searching Authority” (ISA) (one of the world’s major patent Offices) identifies the published patent documents and technical literature (“prior art”) which may have an influence on whether your invention is patentable, and establishes a written opinion on your invention’s potential patentability.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">International Publication</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">: as soon as possible after the expiration of 18 months from the earliest filing date, the content of your international application is disclosed to the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Supplementary International Search</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;(optional): a second ISA identifies, at your request, published documents which may not have been found by the first ISA which carried out the main search because of the diversity of prior art in different languages and different technical fields.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">International Preliminary Examination</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;(optional): one of the ISAs at your request, carries out an additional patentability analysis, usually on an amended version of your application.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">National Phase</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">: after the end of&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/library/intellectual-property-law/overview-of-the-patent-cooperation-treaty-pctsystem-and-the-role-of-wipo-in-the-pct.html"><span style="color: #c42929; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">the PCT procedure</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, usually at 30 months from the earliest filing date of your initial application, from which you claim priority, you start to pursue the grant of your patents directly before the national (or regional) patent Offices of the countries in which you want to obtain them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">FILING</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the effect of an international patent application?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In general terms, your international patent application, provided that it complies with the minimum requirements for obtaining an international filing date, has the effect of a national patent application (and certain regional patent applications) in or for all PCT Contracting States. Moreover, if you comply with certain formal requirements set out in the Treaty and Regulations, which are binding on all of the PCT Contracting States, subsequent adaptation to varying national (or regional) formal requirements (and the cost associated therewith) will not be necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Who has the right to file an international patent application under the PCT?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are entitled to file an international patent application if you are a national or resident of a PCT Contracting State. If there are several applicants named in the international application, only one of them needs to comply with this requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Where can I file my international patent application?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can file an international patent application, in most cases, with your national patent Office, or directly with WIPO if permitted by your State’s national security provisions. Both of those Offices act as PCT “receiving Offices”. If you are a national or resident of a country which is party to the ARIPO Harare Protocol, the OAPI Bangui Agreement, the Eurasian Patent Convention or the European Patent Convention, you may alternatively file your international patent application with the regional patent Office concerned, if permitted by the applicable national law.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can I file PCT applications electronically?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the majority of cases, applicants file PCT applications electronically. You can file PCT applications electronically with any competent receiving Offices which accepts such filings. Preparing the PCT application using the WIPO web service (ePCT-filing) or the software provided by WIPO (PCT-SAFE) helps you to prepare your applications by automatically validating the entered data and drawing your attention to incorrectly or inconsistently completed parts. Moreover, it helps you to manage your applications, for example, with monitoring time limits for relevant actions. You are also entitled to certain PCT fee reductions when filing electronically. More details about PCT electronic filing can be found at www.wipo.int/pct-safe/en/.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What are the costs associated with the filing and processing of an international application under the PCT? What are the costs for entering the national phase?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">PCT applicants generally pay three types of fees when they file their international applications:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(a) an international filing fee of 1,330 Swiss francs2,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(b) a search fee which can vary from approximately 150 to 2,000 Swiss francs2 depending on the ISA chosen, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(c) a small transmittal fee which varies depending on the receiving Office.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Because an international patent application is effective in all PCT Contracting States, you do not incur, at this stage in the procedure, the costs that would arise if you prepared and filed separate applications at national and regional Offices. Further information about PCT fees can be obtained from the receiving Offices, the Fee Tables, the PCT Applicant’s Guide and the PCT Newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fees you will need to pay as you enter the national phase represent the most significant pre-grant costs. They can include fees for translations of your application, national (or regional) Office filing fees and fees for acquiring the services of local patent agents or attorneys. In several Offices however, national filing fees are lower for international patent applications than they are for direct national applications in recognition of the work already done during the international phase. You should also remember that in the case of all granted patents, whether or not the PCT is used to obtain them, you will need to pay maintenance fees in each country in order to keep the patents alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are there any fee reductions available under the PCT?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">PCT fee reductions are available to all applicants who file electronically, based on the type of filing and the format of the application submitted (see Question 7).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, to encourage the use of the PCT System by applicants from developing countries fee reductions of 90% for certain fees, including the international filing fee, are available to natural persons.3 This same 90% reduction applies to any person, whether a natural person or not, who is a national of and resides in a State that is classed as a least developed country by the United Nations. If there are several applicants, each must satisfy those criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some ISAs also provide for a reduction of the international search fee if the applicant or applicants are nationals or residents from certain countries (see Annex D of the PCT Applicant’s Guide).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some national or regional Offices provide for fee reductions for natural persons, universities, not-for-profit research institutes and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the fees you will need to pay as you enter the national phase (see respective National Chapters of the PCT Applicant’s Guide).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">How long does the PCT process take?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">You have, in most cases, up to an additional 18 months from the time you file your international patent application (or usually 30 months from the filing date of the initial patent application of which you claim priority before you have to begin the national phase procedures with individual patent Offices and to fulfill the national requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">This additional time can be useful for evaluating the chances of obtaining patents and exploiting your invention commercially in the countries in which you plan to pursue patent protection, and for assessing both the technical value of your invention and the continued need for protection in those countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is important to note, however, that you do not have to wait for the expiration of 30 months from the earliest filing date of your patent application (“priority date”) before you enter the national phase – you can always request an early entry into the national phase.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Since, in the national phase, each patent Office is responsible for examining your application in accordance with national or regional patent laws, regulations and practices, the time required for the examination and grant of a patent varies across patent Offices.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does it mean to “claim priority” of an earlier patent application?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Generally, patent applicants who wish to protect their invention in more than one country usually first file a national or regional patent application with their national or regional patent Office, and within 12 months from the filing date of that first application (a time limit set in the Paris Convention, they file their international application under the PCT.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The effect of claiming the priority of an earlier patent application is that a patent shall not be invalidated by reasons of any acts accomplished in the interval, such as another filing, the publication or sale of the invention.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In what languages can an international patent application be filed?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can file an international patent application in any language which the receiving Office accepts. If you file your application in a language which is not accepted by the ISA that is to carry out the international search, you will be required to furnish a translation of the application for the purposes of international search. Receiving Offices are, however, obliged to accept filings in at least one language which is both a language accepted by the competent ISA that is to carry out the international search and a “publication language”, that is, one of the languages in which international patent applications are published (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish). You therefore always have the option of filing your international patent application in at least one language from which no translation is required for either&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antlawyers.vn/legal-service/intellectual-property/what-are-the-advantages-of-the-patent-cooperation-treaty-pct.html"><span style="color: #c42929;">PCT international</span></a>&nbsp;search or publication purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">INTERNATIONAL SEARCH</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Which Office will carry out the international search of my PCT application?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The following have been appointed by the PCT Contracting States as International Searching Authorities (ISAs): the national Offices of Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Egypt, Finland, India, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine4 and the United States of America, and the following regional Offices, the European Patent Office and the Nordic Patent Institute. The availability of a particular ISA to the nationals or residents of a country is determined by the receiving Office where the international application was filed. Some receiving Offices provide a choice of more than one competent ISA. If your receiving Office is one of those, you can choose any one of them, taking into account differing requirements relating to language, fees, etc..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is a PCT international search?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A PCT international search is a high quality search of the relevant patent documents and other technical literature in those languages in which most patent applications are filed (Chinese, English, German and Japanese, and in certain cases, French, Korean, Russian and Spanish). The high quality of the search is assured by the standards prescribed in the PCT for the documentation to be consulted, and by the qualified staff and uniform search methods of the ISAs, which are all experienced patent Offices. The results are published in an international search report and a written opinion of the ISA on the potential patentability of your invention (see Questions 15 and 18).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is an international search report?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The international search report consists mainly of a listing of references to published patent documents and technical journal articles which might affect the patentability of the invention disclosed in the international application. The report contains indications for each of the documents listed as to their possible relevance to the critical patentability questions of novelty and inventive step (non-obviousness). Together with the search report, the ISA prepares a written opinion on patentability, which will give you a detailed analysis of the potential patentability of your invention (see Question 18). The international search report and the written opinion are sent to you by the ISA.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the value of the international search report?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The report enables you to evaluate your chances of obtaining patents in PCT Contracting States. An international search report which is favorable, that is, in which the documents (prior art) cited would appear not to prevent the grant of a patent, assists you in the further processing of your application in those countries in which you wish to obtain protection. If a search report is unfavorable (for example, if it lists documents which challenge the novelty and/or inventive step of your invention), you have the opportunity to amend the claims in your international patent application (to better distinguish your invention from those documents), and have them published, or to withdraw the application before it is published.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will an international search be carried out for all international applications?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a rule, an international search is carried out for all international applications. There are instances, however, where the ISA will not be able to carry out a search. For example, where the international application relates to subject matter which the ISA is not required to search or if the description, claims or drawings are not sufficiently clear for it to carry out a meaningful search. In such cases, the ISA will issue a declaration that no international search report will be issued.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are also circumstances where the ISA will issue a partial search report. This can occur when, in the view of the ISA, the international application contains multiple inventions but the applicant has not paid additional search fees to cover the work required to search those additional invention(s).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the written opinion of the International Searching Authority?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">For every international application, the ISA will establish, at the same time that it establishes the international search report, a preliminary and non-binding opinion on whether the invention appears to meet the patentability criteria in light of the search report results. The written opinion, which is sent to you together with the international search report, helps you understand and interpret the results of the search report with specific reference to the text of your international application, being of special help to you in evaluating your chances of obtaining a patent. The written opinion is made available to the public at the same time as the application.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">SUPPLEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL SEARCH</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the PCT supplementary international search?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Supplementary international search permits the applicant to request, in addition to the international search (the “main international search”), one or more supplementary international searches each to be carried out by an ISA other than the ISA which carried out the main international search. The additional search has the potential of reducing the risk of new patent documents and other technical literature being discovered in the national phase since, by requesting supplementary search the applicant can enlarge the linguistic and/or technical scope of the documentation searched.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the supplementary international search report?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The supplementary international search report is generally similar in content and appearance to the main international search report; it contains a listing of references to patent documents and other technical literature which may affect the patentability of the invention claimed in the international application. However, it does not repeat documents which have already been cited in the international search report, unless this is necessary because of new relevance when read in conjunction with other documents discovered during the supplementary international search. On occasion, the supplementary international search report may contain more detailed explanations than those in the main international search report. This is due to the fact that, unlike the main international search, no written opinion is established with the supplementary international search report, and these additional details are helpful for a full understanding of the references listed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does international publication under the PCT consist of?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">WIPO publishes the international application shortly after the expiration of 18 months from the priority date (if it has not been withdrawn earlier), together with the international search report. PCT international applications are published online on PATENTSCOPE, a powerful, fully searchable database with flexible, multilingual interfaces and translation tools to assist users and the public in understanding the content of published applications..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can third parties access documents contained in the file of the international application? If so, when?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until international publication (18 months after the priority date), no third party is allowed access to your international application unless you as applicant request or authorize it. If you wish to withdraw your application (and you do so before international publication), international publication does not take place and, as a consequence, no access by third parties is permitted. However, when international publication occurs, certain documents in the international application file are made available on PATENTSCOPE together with the published international application, for example, the written opinion of the ISA and any informal comments on the written opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is international preliminary examination?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">International preliminary examination is a second evaluation of the potential patentability of the invention, using the same standards on which the written opinion of the ISA was based. If you wish to make amendments to your international application in order to overcome documents identified in the international search report and conclusions made in the written opinion of the ISA, international preliminary examination provides the only possibility to actively participate in the examination process and potentially influence the findings of the examiner before entering the national phase – you can submit amendments and arguments and are entitled to an interview with the examiner. At the end of the procedure, an international preliminary report on patentability (IPRP Chapter II) will be issued.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs) which carry out the international preliminary examination are the ISAs mentioned above. For a given PCT application, there may be one or more competent IPEAs; your receiving Office can supply details or you may consult the PCT Applicant’s Guide and the PCT Newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the value of the international preliminary report on patentability?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The IPRP (Chapter II) which is provided to you, to WIPO and to the national (or regional) patent Offices, consists of an opinion on the compliance with the international patentability criteria of each of the claims which have been searched. It provides you with an even stronger basis on which to evaluate your chances of obtaining patents, in most cases on an amended application, and, if the report is favorable, a stronger basis on which to continue with your application before the national and regional patent Offices. The decision on the granting of a patent remains the responsibility of each of the national or regional Offices in which you enter the national phase; the IPRP (Chapter II) should be considered by the Offices but is not binding on them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">NATIONAL PHASE</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is only after you have decided<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">How do I enter the national phase?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">whether, and in respect of which States, you wish to proceed further with your international application that you must fulfill the requirements for entry into the national phase. These requirements include paying national fees and, in some cases, filing translations of the application. These steps must be taken, in relation to the majority of PCT Contracting States’ patent Offices, before the end of the 30th month from the priority date. There may also be other requirements in connection with the entry into the national phase – for example, the appointment of local agents. More general information on national phase entry can be found in the PCT Applicant’s Guide, National Phase, and specific information concerning fees and national requirements can be found in the national chapters for each PCT Contracting State in the same Guide.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What happens to my application in the national phase?</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once you have entered the national phase, the national or regional patent Offices concerned begin the process of determining whether they will grant you a patent. Any examination which these Offices may undertake should be made easier by the PCT international search report and the written opinion and even more by an international preliminary examination report.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Juna Mèohttps://plus.google.com/112048815063615347626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-34447374336031845172017-06-20T22:02:00.003-07:002017-06-20T22:02:45.051-07:00Many Foreign Brands Are Coming to Vietnam<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Realizing that&nbsp;Vietnam is a promising&nbsp;market, foreign enterprises want to do&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/services/set-up-branch-office-in-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">business in Vietnam</a>&nbsp;through the form of franchising. Recently, many consumer goods, fashion and cosmetics brands from Japan and Thailand are promoting the franchise with Vietnamese partners and enterprises.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho thương hiệu nước ngoài" height="352" src="http://media.phapluatxahoi.vn/uploads/medias/2015/08/08/550x500/08.08.2015_bb_1439012069.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">In the framework of the program “Vietnam – Thailand Enterprises Interaction in The Field of Franchising” which was held in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) recently, there were 40 Thailand enterprises operating in the food, beverage, restaurant, supermarket, health care, cosmetic sectors joined to find partners in Vietnam.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">According Mr Nupartpat Sutthitham, Director of the MP Mart convenience store chain (Thailand), currently in Thailand there are 3 MP Mart stores, in which the model is not the same as Family Mart or Circle K. While Family Mart sells mainly food (80%), MP Mart sells mainly&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/fast-moving-consumer-goods-market-in-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">fast moving consumer goods</a>, which are produced in Thailand (70%).</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to representatives of MP Mart, the cost to open a store in Thailand with an average area of 150 m2 is approximately 50,000 USD. Realizing the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/what-we-do/market-entry" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">Vietnam market</a>&nbsp;has many opportunities, MP Mart wants to explore and this is the first time this brand comes to Vietnam. The criteria for selection of investors, partners of MP Mart are having financial resources to be able to scaling this model in large numbers in Vietnam.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, according to representatives of Kokekokko – a well-known chicken fast food brand in Thailand with 5 stores, using Japanese spices to marinate chicken. Representatives of this brand also did not hide their intention to find partners with business understanding and financial resources to open stores in Vietnam.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Also in late November of 2016, there were 9 Japan enterprises with 14 fashion brands came to Vietnam to find partners to open franchise stores or distribute products in the domestic market.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to Mr Akira Kaise, representatives of I Am Company Limited, this fashion brand has been presented in many markets around the world such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Korea, Taiwan, Spain, UK, Netherlands… and this is the first time he comes to Vietnam to study the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Representative of I Am Co., Ltd commented that young population, good economic development, increasing people’s incomes… are factors to make Vietnam becoming a potential market for fashion items. In addition to the market penetration, the Company is also interested in outsourcing or investing in Vietnam to take advantage of low labor costs and highly skilled labors.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">At the Vietnam market, Japanese businesses are often mentioned in the culinary field, meanwhile, the fashion, cosmetics or beauty brands are not widely known by consumers. Thus, recently, many Japanese cosmetic brands have decided to enter the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/market-entry-service/vietnam-market-research.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">market of Vietnam</a>&nbsp;and looking for official distributors.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">In an activity operated by the Esuhai Company of Vietnam recently in HCMC, there were nearly 10 cosmetic brands of Japan participated. Among them, the brand Kose is well known by many consumers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to the representative of Kose, this enterprise has been established since 1946, global sales reached 2.1 billion USD a year and has been presented in 18 countries. However, so far, this brand does not have official distribution channel in Vietnam market. Therefore, along with the promotion of market presence and product introduction, on this occasion, Kose desires to find agents and official partner in Vietnam.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, according to representatives of Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company, owner of the brand Menard, the Company is fully confident to introduce their products to consumers in Vietnam and wanted to find good partners to be able to access to more consumers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to the representatives of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in HCMC, Vietnam currently has more than 93 million populations, of which half are women who want to become more beautiful as earnings are improving and willing to spend the budget for beauty and body care. Therefore, this is a favorable time and good opportunity for the Japanese cosmetics brand to penetrate the market of Vietnam.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">However, there is the fact that the Japanese cosmetic and fashion products are priced relatively high compared to the average income of local consumers. In addition, the Japanese fashion is not common in Vietnam market. Therefore, this is seen as the first step for the fashion and cosmetic brands of Japan to explore the market and find partners.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-17837636709668466122017-06-19T21:25:00.003-07:002017-06-19T21:25:54.420-07:00Open for Private Investment in Vietnam Railways<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The revised Railway Law has just been passed by the National Assembly&nbsp;will create attraction for investors to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up company in Vietnam</a>&nbsp;to invest in infrastructure and railway projects.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Blurred railway with sunbursts Free Photo" height="426" src="https://image.freepik.com/free-photo/blurred-railway-with-sunbursts_1127-2085.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The revised Railway Law has just been passed by the National Assembly and is expected to come into force on July 1<span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span>&nbsp;2018 with many preferential mechanisms that will create attraction for investors to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/foreign-investor-in-vietnam/u-s-company-plan-to-invest-in-vietnams-railway-infrastructure.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">invest in infrastructure and railway projects</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Up to now, Lotte E&amp;C (Korea) is the most zealous foreign investor in the Yen Vien – Lao Cai Railway Upgrading Project and the project to build railway connecting Lao Cai – Ha Khau in the form of PPP. Previously, in mid-February 2017, a preliminary study including investment plan, capital size and project repayment capacity was submitted by the Korean investor to the Ministry of Transport. In addition to the proposal to apply the form of build – lease – transfer (BLT), Lotte also wants to receive some incentives during the implementation of the project.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">It is known that with the type of BLT contract, Lotte will&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/services/set-up-representative-office-in-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">invest capital to build infrastructure</a>. Upon completion, the investor is entitled to provide services on the basis of operating that facility in a determined period of 20 years. The competent state agency shall hire the service and pay to the investor, when expired, the investor shall return the facility to the competent State authority for management and use.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Moreover, the Railway Law (amended) has added a number of provisions, which are considered to be the great drive for the railway sector. Specifically, the rail transport business is defined as the industry that is entitled to investment incentives; Organizations and individuals engaged in railway activities shall be entitled to incentives and supports such as free land use fees for land area for infrastructure construction, the highest incentives level for enterprise income tax rate, enjoy the most preferential credit policy; applying the pricing mechanism for the mode of leasing or transferring the right to exploit railway infrastructure.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">These regulations will create breakthroughs in investment resources, attracting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/services/benefits-of-setting-up-business-in-danang.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0.8; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">businesses to concentrate resources on railway development</a>, in fact many countries have similar policies.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-80921325886037896062017-06-19T00:55:00.000-07:002017-06-19T00:55:12.568-07:00US Investors Have Poured 1.1 Billion USD into Ho Tram Strip Project<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Asian Coast Development Ltd is one of the large US investor who come and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up company in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho đầu tư" height="400" src="http://cafefcdn.com/zoom/700_438/2017/2015-07-28-1438106933-3791129-shutterstock-299996009-thumb-1496020482229.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Ho Tram Project Company (HTP) is a wholly foreign-owned subsidiary of Asian Coast Development Ltd, with more than 1 billion USD of committed capital deployed, which is the largest&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/tag/investment-in-vietnam" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">US private company investing in Vietnam</a>. Moreover, they are also the first company to register for Vietnamese to play casino.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to HTP – the investor of the 4-billion-dollar-super-project named “Ho Tram Strip”, the Company has poured 1.1 billion USD in this project and they has just announced to continue to fund the phase 3 includes apartment tower, condotel and villa.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Located on the north side of The Grand Ho Tram Strip resort, the 12-story Kahuna Ho Tram Strip project has a total of 244 rooms. It consists of 164 one or two-bedroom apartments, 9 penthouse apartments and 44 luxury villas located on the beach with area of 218 to 223 square meters.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to the developer, this project when completed will contribute to the diversification of facilities and realize the goal of turning Ho Tram into the entertainment capital of Vietnam. In addition, HTP has developed the Gallery Villa apartment project at the nearby The Bluffs golf course. The 2<span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span>&nbsp;hotel tower with 559 rooms named “The Beach Club” is now rushing to complete to welcome its first guests in early 2018. Furthermore, other service facilities such as water park, outdoor theater and private international airport are also underway.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">It is known that the price of condotel apartment in Ho Tram is from 2 billion VND (equivalent to about 88,800 USD), villa is priced from 8 billion VND (about 350,000 USD). The project was designed by leading architectural firm Korn Architects and is due to commence in quarter 4 of 2017.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-77080031605611404522017-06-16T00:17:00.003-07:002017-06-16T00:17:42.539-07:00Japan Investors Expand Investment in Dong Nai<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Japan is one of the two leading countries in pouring capital to invest in Dong Nai province since the beginning of this year and the main&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/which-sectors-attracting-foreign-direct-investment-in-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">investment sector is supporting industry</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho đầu tư" height="416" src="http://static.tapchitaichinh.vn/Uploaded/phunganhtuan/2016_07_22/saveinvest4855468_KOXR.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to the Dong Nai Department of Planning and Investment, in the first three months of 2017, the province has granted investment registration certificates to 31 projects with foreign direct investment (FDI), with total investment capital of more than 314 million USD, including 15 newly licensed projects with total capital of nearly 137 million USD and 16 projects register to increase capital with total capital increase of more than 177 million USD.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Japan is one of two leading countries in pouring capital to invest in Dong Nai province since the beginning of this year. The field that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/investment-waves-from-japan-continue-to-rise.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">Japanese businesses invest in Dong Nai</a>&nbsp;is mainly supporting industry. Dong Nai is also the province that is currently calling for investment to increase the rate of supplying input materials for enterprises and also reducing imports.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In the recent 3 years, there are large numbers of Japanese enterprise come to Dong Nai to invest. In addition to Long Duc Industrial Park, which is primarily attracting Japanese businesses, other provinces have formed subdivisions to invite Japan’s SMEs to invest. Japanese enterprises investing in Dong Nai mainly in supporting industries, electricity, electronics, mechanics, machinery…</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">From the beginning of 2017, there are continuously Japan’s enterprises and local governments come to Dong Nai to explore investment opportunities. Notably, 22 enterprises coming from Sakai city, Osaka operating in the fields of mechanical engineering, steel, electricity, electronics… came to Dong Nai to visit Amata Industrial Park, Long Duc Industrial Park… to learn policies and investment opportunities.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Recently, Kobelco Environmental Solutions Joint Stock Company under Kobe Steel Group has proposed to the Dong Nai authorities to invest in the clean water treatment sector of the province. Kobelco entered Vietnam at the end of 2010 with the main activities which is water treatment, wastewater, recycling, waste treatment, operation and maintenance. In Dong Nai, the company has invested in waste water treatment system in Loteco Industrial Park and Long Duc Industrial Park.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">According to experts, Vietnam’s participation in new FTAs offers many opportunities for businesses operating in Vietnam, including Japanese companies. Hence, more and more Japanese companies are choosing to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up company in Vietnam</a>.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-28604959144017595102017-06-14T21:56:00.000-07:002017-06-14T21:56:00.720-07:00Taste of US investors<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Renewable energy, high technology industries, supporting industries… are areas that are interested by US investors when they come to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up company in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho đầu tư" height="249" src="http://ibid.vn/uploads/assets/dau_tu_dinh_cu_My3.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">One of the “hot” issues that US businesses and investors interested in is the issue of cooperation and investment in the field of renewable energy. According to Mr Freb Burke from Baker &amp; McKenzie, renewable energy is currently the most attractive investment area. Vietnam will avoid the construction of thermal power plants when moving to invest in wind and solar power plants.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In addition, many multinational corporations have strict environmental standards and they want these standards to be applied globally. Manufacturers also want to produce consumer goods using clean energy. For example, Apple is making a commitment to achieve 100% clean energy in their global supply chain. Hence, if Vietnam wants to attract investors like Apple, Vietnam should produce enough&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/solar-energy-power-future-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">renewable energy to meet their needs</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to Mr Burke’s explanation, renewable energy secures energy and environment security for Vietnam, helping Vietnam tap its potential and export energy. Renewable power plants attract the interest of US businesses like First Solar and GE. Furthermore, Vietnam has just raised its electricity purchase price to 9.35 UScent per kWh. This is a relatively attractive price for foreign investors due to the reduction in the price of wind and solar power along with the development of technology. However, Vietnam needs long-term guarantees for investors to borrow from banks and invest.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Moreover, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham) stated that the Association and its partners are proposing a Production Energy Plan in Vietnam to provide a needed road map for reforms, in order to attract investors, equipment suppliers, manufacturers and operators from the United States.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In addition, many US investors have also expressed their interest in intelligent cities, waste treatment projects, high-tech industries… Many businesses say that despite the United States withdrawal from the TPP agreement, trade relations between Vietnam and United States will continue to develop strongly in the future.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In fact, in recent times, high technology and supporting industries have attracted more projects of US investors. According to the owner of Saigon Silicon Project, after the construction of the project in Saigon Hi-Tech Park in the second half of 2016, up to now, many US investors have expressed their plan to implement projects here. It is planned that after completion of the infrastructure, the project can attract about 20 projects operating in the field of high tech and supporting industries, with investment capital of about 1.5 billion USD.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, a group of US scientists and businesses have recently reached an initial agreement on implementing a smart glass production project in Long An province with a billion dollar investment capital. This is a high-tech manufacturing project and about 90% of the output will be exported.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to businesses, the results of investment attraction is not worth the potential of the two countries. Currently, the United States ranks 9th among foreign&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/tag/investment-in-vietnam" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">investors in Vietnam</a>, with an investment of about 10 billion USD according to registered statistics from the United States. However, if we count the investment from the United States through third countries, the investment capital must be greater, for example, the Intel project has investment of more than 1 billion USD, but the investment capital is registered from the enterprise based in Netherlands.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">Another good news is that, during the US visit of Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the end of May 2017,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/tag/set-up-business-in-vietnam" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">US and Vietnamese businesses</a>&nbsp;have signed contracts worth tens of billions of dollars in many fields. Therefore, according to businesses, if the bottlenecks, especially the regulatory and framework issues on investment are improved, the flow of investment from the United States is likely to increase in the coming time.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-73021411125861558482017-06-12T21:58:00.003-07:002017-06-12T21:58:58.360-07:00Benefits of Setting Up Business in Danang<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang is considered an ideal destination for investment. The result shall be incredible where we evaluate on the following aspects:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho lợi ích" height="442" src="http://sieuthimasomavach.vn/upload/misc/2312_may-cham-cong-cho-doanh-nghiep[1]_1437042327.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang – one of the strategic economic centers of Vietnam’s central region</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Vietnam prime minister has established central region’s strategic economic center, including 05 provinces and cities: Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh to promote potential, geographical location and competitive advantages and step by step develop this economic region to become one of the most dynamic economic region in the country. In particular, Da Nang is defined as the role of nuclear motivation for promoting the development of the central region and the highlands.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang – eastern gateway of east – west economic corridor (EWEC)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">EWEC is one of five economic corridor developed by the initiative of the Asia development bank in the greater Mekong sub – region.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Currently, the road system in Laos, Thailand and the road line from Da Nang to Savannakhet are completed. The second international bridge spanning the Mekong river was completed in the end of&nbsp; 2006 to facilitate the circulation of goods and passengers by road line from Da Nang to the northeastern provinces of Thailand and vice versa. East-west economic corridor not only provide an opportunity for the country on the path of promoting regional cooperation and improve living standards for the people but also enable businesses better access to the raw materials market services, capital, labor and technology with the purpose of creating favorable conditions for investment and trade across the border and diversifying economic activity and exports and promoting tourism development</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang – entrance of the cultural heritage and natural wonders of the world</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang is located in the heart of the “world heritage road”, stretching from the central coast of Vinh city to Da Lat city. From Da Nang, along the national highway 1A, visitors can access quickly and conveniently four of five world heritages in Vietnam, including Phong Nha – Ke Bang national park (about 300 km from the north of Da Nang), the ancient capital of Hue (about 100km from the north), Hoi An (about 30km from the southeast) and My Son (about 70 km from the southwest).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">With the advantage of geographical location and potential economic development in tourism, Da Nang is an ideal destination for tourists as well as investors.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px;">Infrastructure is step by step improved</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang is an important traffic hub of the central&nbsp; – highlands and country with system of international airports, deep sea ports, roads, north-south railways&nbsp; developed conveniently.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Da Nang&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">port&nbsp;</em>is the third largest commercial ports&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">in Vietnam</a>&nbsp;after Saigon port and the port of Hai Phong. With a depth of 11m wharf, warehouse systems and equipment upgraded by capital funds of the government of Japan, Da&nbsp;Nang port can receive ships with a capacity of 45,000 dwt and others such as container ships, passenger ships, cargo ships. Da&nbsp;Nang is the international shipping route enabling to go to Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang international airport&nbsp;</em>is one of the three best airports in Vietnam. In addition to domestic flights, there are weekly international flights directly from Da Nang to Singapore, Bangkok, Taipei. In the near future, the airport will open more routes to Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. Da Nang international airport is currently being upgraded and expanded to meet the needs of increasing passengers and cargo.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">The system of roads in and out of the city are constantly being expanded and newly constructed</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">Telecommunication systems:</em>&nbsp;Da Nang is one of three major telecomunication centers of the country, international transmission speed with good quality of &nbsp;Southeast Asia. Da Nang post provides various and modern telecommunication services and be capable meeting the needs of customers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">The other services supporting investment (financial, banking, insurance …)</em>: most banks and finance companies of Vietnam have large branches in Da Nang. Some branches of foreign banks and international insurance companies are operating effectively in the city. These services have&nbsp;increasingly been improved better to meet the needs of investors.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px;">Trained and abundant human resources</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang has abundant human resources (over 50% of the population of the city), mostly young labor. Number of employees with technical expertise trained account nearly a quarter of the labor force. Labor costs in Da Nang are lower than some other cities in the country.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang is one of the provinces in the country with the high educational development index which create a favorable platform for the development of human resources of the city to perform the goal of improving the quality of human resources, quality of life. The city has about 14 universities, 15 colleges and professional schools with nearly 140,000 students. This system performs training in most areas of science, engineering, information technology, economics, business administration, language and pedagogy… Danang university also cooperates with universities of countries with an advanced education such as France, US, Japan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand …</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Software technology center in Da Nang is one of the leading software producers in Vietnam and is the leading training center of the central region. Over the years, the software technology center&nbsp; has cooperated closely with companies of India (aptech) and Japan (aots) to train programmers, technicians and engineers reaching the international standard. Many IT company has chosen Da Nang to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/services/establish-limited-liability-company-in-vietnam.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up company in da nang</a>&nbsp;to hold their talents for international projects.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">In addition, the city also has about 55 vocational training centers which often provide short-term training courses in computer science, sewing, mechanics, electricity – electronics, construction techniques, etc …</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Q</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px;">uality of life</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Along with the process of urbanization, economic growth in recent years has helped to material life and spirit of the people of Da Nang continuously improved.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Unlike other large cities in Vietnam, next to the bustle of urban development, living in Da Nang always bring a sense of peace, comfort and closeness to nature. Da Nang is one of the very few cities in Vietnam having a harmonious combination between high mountains, deep forests, long beach, deep river. After work, you can easily find space to relax beside the river or on beautiful beaches.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;">Da Nang today is a city with a healthy cultural environment, with urban civilized lifestyle, literacy levels elevated, beautiful natural scenery. It can be said that Da Nang is an exciting place to live, work, travel&nbsp; and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/invest-in-real-estate-of-vietnam-in-2016.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">invest in Vietnam</a>.</span></div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-4979637585432431952017-06-12T01:30:00.000-07:002017-06-12T01:30:11.048-07:00Vietnam Technology Startup Attracts Foreign Enterprises<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Technology startup in Vietnam is increasingly attractive. Many foreign enterprises are interested in this area and showing their desire to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">set up business in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Hình ảnh có liên quan" height="425" src="http://i3.chesterchronicle.co.uk/incoming/article11731072.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS96744101.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to Mr Mitchell Pham, president of the New Zealand Technology Association (NZTech) – who is known to be the 1<span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span>&nbsp;native of Vietnam elected to become the chairman of NZTech, representing for over 400 technology enterprises New Zealand: “All trip participants were impressed with the development of science and technology in Vietnam. We are looking for specific opportunities for cooperation with Vietnam-tech enterprise”.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">More information about the members of the delegation, Mr Mitchell Pham said that back to Vietnam this time, accompanied him are 6 young leaders of technology enterprises in New Zealand with a desire to learn and exchange with technology&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">businesses in Vietnam</a>, in order to create connection for long-term investment goals.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In terms of the favorable conditions, according to Mr Mitchell Pham, trade relations between New Zealand and Vietnam have the fastest growth rate in Southeast Asia with 120% in the period 2010 – 2015. Two-way trade of the two countries in 2015 has reached 1 billion USD.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Moreover, Vietnam is known as the country with the booming information technology market and the government is also trying to create more incentives for this sector. Meanwhile, technology businesses in New Zealand have experiences and large operating network, certainly the cooperation and investment in Vietnam will be intensified in the coming period.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According Chicilon Media, Vietnam technology market, especially Ho Chi Minh City is developing extremely powerful. Consumers is having trend to access to communication products and services via smartphones instead of traditional media such as TV, poster… Hence, this Company has strengthened their strategy focusing on channels to access information over the phone and access to a diverse range of partners such as the startup.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">In parallel, the growth of mobile devices will continue in the coming years. Therefore, the approach to the users of mobile devices – who are moving to the final stage of the shopping journey and going to buy the product – becomes extremely important. Currently, marketing on mobile devices is evaluated as a simple marketing channels, rapid deployment and easy to access to customers.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886338685915907841.post-48769554578725462232017-06-09T00:27:00.001-07:002017-06-09T00:27:39.195-07:00Quang Nam Province Welcomes Foreign Investors<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In 2017, Quang Nam province is expected to continue to become the bright spot of the central region on investment attraction, welcoming foreign enterprises to come and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/news/assistance-in-setting-up-business-venture.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">invest in Vietnam</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Kết quả hình ảnh cho các nhà đầu tư nước ngoài" height="478" src="http://thaydoigiayphepkinhdoanh.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/acza.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In fact, Quang Nam province is an ideal destination for investors at home and abroad. There were presence and long-term commitment of the major investors such as Truong Hai Auto, Suntory – Pepsico, Vietnam Brewery VBL, Inax sanitary equipment, Groz-Beckert textile equipment and famous travel brands such as The Nam Hai, Montgomerie Links golf course, Victoria, GoldenSand, Palm Garden…</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Compared to many localities, Quang Nam has great advantages in attracting investment. Firstly, the province has strategic geographical location with an area of 10,438 km2, located in the middle of Vietnam, belongs to the key economic zone in central Vietnam. The north bordering on Da Nang – the commercial, services and training centers of Central region; the south bordering on Quang Ngai province; the west bordering on Laos; located on the East – West Economic Corridor, convenient for road transportation to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and sea transportation to other countries of the ASEAN region.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">The strategic location, plus complete transportation infrastructure with many kinds of road, railway, airline, sea belong to the national and international traffic routes, creating favorable conditions for Quang Nam province to attract major&nbsp;<a href="http://www.antconsult.vn/tag/investment-in-vietnam" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: inherit; color: #c44b1f; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">investors in the world</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">As reported by the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province, the province currently has 8 industrial zones and 50 industrial clusters. The industrial parks and industrial clusters are located on the main traffic routes, with large area. The infrastructure and telecommunications utility are fully meet the needs of investment projects. As for waste water treatment system, most industrial zones in the province of Quang Nam have wastewater treatment systems; solid waste treatment collection systems as prescribed.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In addition, the social infrastructure and other utility services such as schools, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, amusement parks in the province of Quang Nam are basically meet the needs of investors and citizens. As reported by the Department of Culture – Sports and Tourism of Quang Nam province, there are more than 5,436 hotel rooms that satisfy international standard, including many major brands (concentrated in coastal areas), contributing to bring Quang Nam to become an attractive tourism destination of the central region.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">So far, Quang Nam has attracted 126 FDI projects with total registered capital of 5.5 billion USD from investors from around the world such as Korea, Japan, Singapore, US, China, France, Germany, Italy…</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">In the long term, Quang Nam focus on attracting investment projects in economic sectors that the province has many advantages such as supporting industries (mechanical manufacturing, automobile, electronics…); processing industry of consumer goods, household goods, agriculture, forestry and fisheries products, construction materials; the agricultural sector (high-tech agriculture, cultivation and processing of agricultural products …); the field of tourism, services, urban (ecology urban areas, coastal and riverside luxury resorts, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets…), training of human resources; the investment, construction and trading of infrastructure of industrial parks, industrial clusters.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Another highlight of the investment attraction policies of the province is that the investors have the full right to choose and decide to implement the project in the appropriate investment model. Moreover, investors are given the investment incentives stipulated by the Government, including the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone and 15/18 districts in the list of investment incentives stipulated by the Government on the premises, corporate income tax and import tax…</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">According to the Public Administration and Investment Promotion Center of Quang Nam Province, the newly established enterprises from investment projects in difficult economic condition areas in Chu Lai Open Economic Zone; investment projects in the fields of high-tech agriculture, scientific research, technological development, education and training, vocational training, environment… will be applied the corporate income tax rate of 10% for 15 years since the taxable income arises; ; are exempt from corporate income tax for 4 years and reduce 50% of the tax payable in the next 9 years.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Enterprises investing in the industrial zones in such districts as Duy Xuyen, Dai Loc, Que Son and Phu Ninh are applied the corporate income tax rate of 17% for 10 years, are exempt from corporate income tax and reduction of 50% tax payable in the next 4 years.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Also, Quang Nam also apply competitive prices and depending on land investment sectors, projects may be exempted from land rent during 11 years, 15 years or during the term of the project. In addition to the general provisions, the large-scale projects with important implications and will be coordinated with your PPC investment research applied to the Government for specific policies.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Also, Quang Nam province also apply competitive land prices and depending on investment sectors, projects may be exempted from land rent for 11 years, 15 years or during the implementation of the project. In addition to the general provisions, for the large-scale projects with important implications, the Provincial People’s Committees will coordinate with investors to study and submit to the Government for specific policies.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;">According to the Quang Nam People’s Committee Chairman, in the trend of deeper integration, Quang Nam is constantly developing, changing appearance, became the land of potential and investment opportunities. Many synchronous solutions are being implemented to improve the investment environment, which focused on administrative reform. In particular, the introduction of the Public Administration and Investment Promotion Center of Quang Nam Province, with flexible and quick mechanisms, have demonstrated the determination to build friendly image of Quang Nam province, becoming the reliable destination for investors.</div>Thuý smilehttps://plus.google.com/102305932434722075860noreply@blogger.com0